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[Jmare007]

I see Suzuki-gun has been a good influence, at least

Nice

Hopefully this shyt lasts beyond Sakura Genesis though. I remember people going and at Goto's change and big push for his challenge at New Beginning two years ago and that shyt died a death 1 month after he lost to Okada

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

OMGGGGGGGGGG

 

[3Rivers]

Great NJ Cup from ZSJ

Unfortunately we know what's next

 

[MenacingMonk]

What matches are worth watching from the Cup? I need my fix.

 

[3Rivers]

I remember people going and at Goto's change and big push for his challenge at New Beginning two years ago and that shyt died a death 1 month after he lost to Okada

Goto looked legit

From jumping Okada in press conferences to rolling in with the kanji body paint for the title match......only to get sonned. Not only did he get sonned, him getting sonned somehow became apart of his entrance video

 

[The Rainmaker]

And then he had no other option but join the same guys who sonned him on every show

 

[3Rivers]

And then he had no other option but join the same guys who sonned him on every show

Have some self respect Goto

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

DDT Judgment this Sunday and the card looks kinda meh. That anal explosion match. I'm good this year. I love fukkery but DDT be going too hard on the paint.

 

[Jmare007]

Daichi Hashimoto (c) vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue

Not even sure how to explain why this match works besides "Korakuen magic" there's some stuff they do that doesn't make a lot of sense, and the selling was spotty. Nakanoue's performance varied from holy shyt to "not sure why he did that", but the crowd fukking buys in on everything he does. By the halfway mark they want a new champ and they BELIEVE Nakanoue can pull it off. The atmosphere minimizes the flaws this match has imo, it's not a MOTYC but I'd still recommend it just to see Korakuen elevate a match like only that place can

Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideki Suzuki, Kazumi Kikuta & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryota Hama, R

good ol' Strong BJ multi man tag that delivers the usual goodness: people get paired up, they develop hatred and beat the shyt out of each other, rinse and repeat until the final sequence. Nomura was once again the stand out, that kid has IT, I need a match against Suzuki YESTERDAY, the hate was off the fukking charts with those two. Finish was pretty fukking smart and different, one of the things I love about this division is that there's a ton of moves that come out of nowhere and end matches, finishers are death but they are not the be all and end all. 11 minutes of fun puro, enjoy it


Abe vs Shinobu was aight, the start was very promising but eventually it became your typical stiff Juniors match. I need little more to be engaged with those.

DDT Judgment this Sunday and the card looks kinda meh. That anal explosion match. I'm good this year. I love fukkery but DDT be going too hard on the paint.

Judgement Day was always a two match card to me, though I'm not into the fukkery as much as you are. Tag title match and the main event should at the very least be fun to watch.

Sound like you need more Strong BJ in your life breh


We will rejoice with the Champions Carnival though, can't wait to watch it.

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

Daichi Hashimoto (c) vs. Yasufumi Nakanoue

Not even sure how to explain why this match works besides "Korakuen magic" there's some stuff they do that doesn't make a lot of sense, and the selling was spotty. Nakanoue's performance varied from holy shyt to "not sure why he did that", but the crowd fukking buys in on everything he does. By the halfway mark they want a new champ and they BELIEVE Nakanoue can pull it off. The atmosphere minimizes the flaws this match has imo, it's not a MOTYC but I'd still recommend it just to see Korakuen elevate a match like only that place can

Daisuke Sekimoto, Hideki Suzuki, Kazumi Kikuta & Yoshihisa Uto vs. Hideyoshi Kamitani, Ryota Hama, R

good ol' Strong BJ multi man tag that delivers the usual goodness: people get paired up, they develop hatred and beat the shyt out of each other, rinse and repeat until the final sequence. Nomura was once again the stand out, that kid has IT, I need a match against Suzuki YESTERDAY, the hate was off the fukking charts with those two. Finish was pretty fukking smart and different, one of the things I love about this division is that there's a ton of moves that come out of nowhere and end matches, finishers are death but they are not the be all and end all. 11 minutes of fun puro, enjoy it


Abe vs Shinobu was aight, the start was very promising but eventually it became your typical stiff Juniors match. I need little more to be engaged with those.



Judgement Day was always a two match card to me, though I'm not into the fukkery as much as you are. Tag title match and the main event should at the very least be fun to watch.

Sound like you need more Strong BJ in your life breh


We will rejoice with the Champions Carnival though, can't wait to watch it.

I been scoping hard on that BJWCore . Like I want to get it just to see hosses being hosses, but I'm not too keen on how slow they upload their videos.

 

[stro]

Jesus are JR and Barnett garbage at calling NJPW. JR still can't remember anyone's name 2 years in (he forgets OKADA'S name on the ep I'm watching), Josh is punch drunk and can't remember anything he's trying to say.

 

[The Rainmaker]

High profile

 

[Jmare007]

The Strong Climb Tournament has been PURE PIFF my puro brehs

From the 3/21/18 show....

Takuya Nomura vs. Yuya Aoki

We got another one brehs So far this year we've seen Nomura (24 years old) having a "leap year" of sorts in terms of performances and in ring presence by being a feisty young guy that does not give a fukk about anything and will take it to anyone that's put in front on him. Well, what happens then when he's paired up with a guy like Aoki, who is only 21 years old and he also has a chip on his shoulder and wants to show HE is the promising star of the promotion? We get a dope fukking match, that's what happens. Man, if you would've told me Nomura fukked Aoki's girlfriend and Yuya found out on social media 10 minutes before the ball rang I would've believed it because HOLY fukk at some of the strikes and suplexes he hits in this, no regard whatsoever for Nomura's well being A very, very basic match with another "out of nowhere" finish that I couldn't help but love because of the roles these two portrayed, the hate and the strikes. And of course, all in just 11 minutes @Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic @SubZeroDegrees @Ace of the Metropolitan @3Rivers

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto

Kazuki back were he belongs, being a disrespectful c*nt to people that are twice his size you don't have to be a genius to figure out what kind of story this two are gonna tell. As expected, they pull it off and give us a pretty fun David vs Goliath match. Very unique and proper finish too.


Suzuki vs Uto was way better than I expected. It too a while but things escalated to levels I did not see coming, and it had ANOTHER clever finish

Nakanoue vs Hama had some really good moments too, Hama doing Mutoh's pose only to follow it by the WOAT Shinning Wizard had me dying though

 

[The Intergalactic Koala]

The Strong Climb Tournament has been PURE PIFF my puro brehs

From the 3/21/18 show....

Takuya Nomura vs. Yuya Aoki

We got another one brehs So far this year we've seen Nomura (24 years old) having a "leap year" of sorts in terms of performances and in ring presence by being a feisty young guy that does not give a fukk about anything and will take it to anyone that's put in front on him. Well, what happens then when he's paired up with a guy like Aoki, who is only 21 years old and he also has a chip on his shoulder and wants to show HE is the promising star of the promotion? We get a dope fukking match, that's what happens. Man, if you would've told me Nomura fukked Aoki's girlfriend and Yuya found out on social media 10 minutes before the ball rang I would've believed it because HOLY fukk at some of the strikes and suplexes he hits in this, no regard whatsoever for Nomura's well being A very, very basic match with another "out of nowhere" finish that I couldn't help but love because of the roles these two portrayed, the hate and the strikes. And of course, all in just 11 minutes @Don Ibiza Ibrahimovic @SubZeroDegrees @Ace of the Metropolitan @3Rivers

Daisuke Sekimoto vs. Kazuki Hashimoto

Kazuki back were he belongs, being a disrespectful c*nt to people that are twice his size you don't have to be a genius to figure out what kind of story this two are gonna tell. As expected, they pull it off and give us a pretty fun David vs Goliath match. Very unique and proper finish too.


Suzuki vs Uto was way better than I expected. It too a while but things escalated to levels I did not see coming, and it had ANOTHER clever finish

Nakanoue vs Hama had some really good moments too, Hama doing Mutoh's pose only to follow it by the WOAT Shinning Wizard had me dying though

Yeesh...this Kazuki dude not fukking around. WOW

 

[Jmare007]

Yeesh...this Kazuki dude not fukking around. WOW

When he started he was a chubby kid and was even more disrespectful, it was fukking awesome because he was always getting killed but he kept getting up and continue to be a pain in the ass. It's a shame he's a got so lean and became a Junior but this tourney should give us some dope moments. Can't wait till he tries to pull some shyt on Suzuki and gets bent into a pretzel